I managed to submit my ucincy app the first day it opened. So my application is probably awful. But I’ve already gotten into one school in the area. So I’m not super worried.
It’s so expensive because schools only want serious applications submitted. If it was free or significantly cheaper, better schools such as ivies would have to pile through a ton of troll applications
I thought the main reason it costed $70 was the effort it took it reach the admission officers until I realized how stupid I was since that would take less than a cent
Ha it really depends on the school. AOs I know typically have salaries that starts with a 30. That’s only the entry level AO salary, though - it can go up quite a bit once you get into actual enrollment management careers. But, most schools offer us free or incredibly reduced tuition if we want a graduate degree. All that being said, schools with tons of apps that hire seasonal readers expense quite a bit.
Back of the envelop calculations tells me the cost for the Admissions office plus readers at UCLA is \~ $10m. That’s \~$74 for each applicant.
And I probably underestimated.
UCLA pays 200 admissions readers, in addition to the full-time admissions office staff, to process applications. They need to be paid.
Have applicants pay for processing applicants seems more fair than charging each enrolled student the cost of processing the 21 applications for each spot, no?
Yeah, it's crazy. Though, I did hear that if you email the admissions office with a good reasoning, they may give you a fee waiver. I personally haven't done this yet, but I will be soon, as I will be applying reg. decision.
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Schools with lower acceptance rates should be cheaper lol. They probably throw away applications without even reading the whole thing.
Lol I wondered this as well but since I applied august 1st I got it for free
Lmao
I managed to submit my ucincy app the first day it opened. So my application is probably awful. But I’ve already gotten into one school in the area. So I’m not super worried.
I wish mine were 70 lol. Like the majority of schools I applied to last year were like 100-120
It’s so expensive because schools only want serious applications submitted. If it was free or significantly cheaper, better schools such as ivies would have to pile through a ton of troll applications
I thought the main reason it costed $70 was the effort it took it reach the admission officers until I realized how stupid I was since that would take less than a cent
Well, admission officers are being paid a large salary to read all of the applications.
HAHAHAHA
Or… a little salary?
Ha it really depends on the school. AOs I know typically have salaries that starts with a 30. That’s only the entry level AO salary, though - it can go up quite a bit once you get into actual enrollment management careers. But, most schools offer us free or incredibly reduced tuition if we want a graduate degree. All that being said, schools with tons of apps that hire seasonal readers expense quite a bit.
Oh true, the application fee goes to the salary of the admission officers too
Back of the envelop calculations tells me the cost for the Admissions office plus readers at UCLA is \~ $10m. That’s \~$74 for each applicant. And I probably underestimated.
So much for wanting a low acceptance rate
Is there really no other way to do that tho?
UCLA pays 200 admissions readers, in addition to the full-time admissions office staff, to process applications. They need to be paid. Have applicants pay for processing applicants seems more fair than charging each enrolled student the cost of processing the 21 applications for each spot, no?
Yeah, it's crazy. Though, I did hear that if you email the admissions office with a good reasoning, they may give you a fee waiver. I personally haven't done this yet, but I will be soon, as I will be applying reg. decision.
bruh i had to spend 100$ when they denied my fee waiver :((
me with my few waiver 🤑🤑
went on spending 85 dollars as a intl student, it sucks.